She Made The Guest Table Centerpieces For Her Friend’s Wedding But Realized The Bridal Table Centerpieces Were More Extravagant, So She Actually Accused Her Friend Of Trying To Upstage Her
This 26-year-old woman loves making elegant floral arrangements. And even though she doesn’t have a business per se, she has made arrangements and centerpieces for family members’ and friends’ events in the past.
So, last year, a 23-year-old woman named Sadie reached out to her. Apparently, Sadie claimed to like her work. Then, she got asked if she would be willing to make centerpieces for the guest tables at Sadie’s wedding.
Now, she clarified how Sadie is actually her close friend’s cousin. So, while she had seen Sadie around and spoken to her on occasion, the pair definitely were not close friends.
Regardless of that, she wound up agreeing to make the centerpieces, and she worked with Sadie to figure out her vision. Sadie even invited her to attend the wedding, too.
“I also asked if she wanted something for the bridal table, but Sadie said that was already covered,” she added.
Anyway, Sadie’s wedding was just last week. And upon arriving, she thought the guest table centerpieces looked beautiful, and everything had turned out great.
But then, she saw the bridal table– which reportedly had very extravagant and stunning centerpieces. And she was shocked.
So, she approached Sadie and asked who made the bridal centerpieces– since she obviously had not. Then, she learned that Sadie had actually made those specific centerpieces herself.
Plus, the only reason why she was asked to make the centerpieces for the guest tables was that Sadie did not have enough time to do all of them. And for some reason, she was so angry about that.
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“I’ll be honest that I felt kind of betrayed because her centerpieces were much nicer than mine, and people would ask about those, not the ones on the guest tables,” she revealed.
Now, obviously, she knew ahead of time that the bridal centerpieces were being taken care of since she was not asked to make them.
However, she apparently believed that Sadie had gotten a vendor to make them. But, since Sadie decided to make them herself, she took it really personally.
“Making them herself just felt a bit like she was trying to show, ‘Oh, look at how great I make these,’ kind of thing,” she vented.
“I’m not surprised the bridal table’s centerpieces are more extravagant; I am surprised that she made them. Even if it was another vendor, I think it would have been fine. But making them herself feels like a kick to me.”
So, after the wedding, she actually thought it would be appropriate to text Sadie about the centerpieces.
More specifically, she explained how it felt like Sadie had “undermined” her efforts by displaying “such showy centerpieces” on the bridal table.
After receiving that message, Sadie claimed that it was never her intention to undermine the guest table centerpieces. Instead, the bridal centerpieces just went well with the other decor.
Still, she did not really accept the bride’s explanation and had the nerve to tell Sadie that she either should have been upfront about the bridal table or displayed the same centerpieces as the guest tables.
Once she said that, though, Sadie started to get really frustrated and told her there was nothing to be “upfront” about. After all, it was Sadie’s own wedding!
Sadie also accused her of overstepping, but she still did not understand that and felt like Sadie was just trying to overshadow her work.
Nonetheless, ever since confronting Sadie, she has been left wondering whether accusing Sadie of undermining her work was a jerky thing to do or not.
Wasn’t it clear from the beginning that the bridal centerpiece arrangements were already covered? Why does it matter if Sadie had decided to make them herself? Does she have a right to feel “overshadowed” at someone else’s wedding? If you had been in her shoes, would you have ever contacted the bride about such an issue?
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